The statewide start for fall sports was pushed back four weeks, from Monday to Aug. 24, following an 11-4 vote by the Florida High School Athletic Association’s board of directors on Thursday night.
The decision was an about-face for a board that voted 10-5 Monday to protect the FHSAA’s original calendar until it met again. It is a late-breaking curveball for schools like Foundation Academy of Winter Garden, which had scheduled practices for football and other fall sports next week.
But the new date falls more in line with decisions to delay the start of sports already made by most of the state’s large school districts.